We Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel
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We Didn't Start the Podcast — A Show About Billy Joel
An album by album re-watch of Billy Joel's career, with snarky and occasionally informed co-hosts Meg Donahue and Adam Ragusea. This 13-episode miniseries starts with reviews of proto-Joel releases from Billy's boyhood band The Hassles and his infamous organ-metal duo Attila, then proceeds through h...
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13: River of Dreck
We solemnly read through the 1993 career-suicide note that is Billy Joel's final studio album, "River of Dreams," and usher in the era of OFS (old, fa...
12: Storm Frontin'
Adam loses his patience with Billy Joel's reckless, shallow populism on Joel's high-gloss 1989 hit album, "Storm Front." Features: "We Didn't Start th...
11: The Bridge to Nowhere
We delight in hearing Billy Joel try to prove that he's a modern man — an '80s man — with his gloriously dated 1986 album, "The Bridge." Features: "A...
10: A Weirdly Innocent 34-Year-Old Man
We are equally charmed and embarrassed by Billy Joel's 1983 post-divorce nostalgia excursion, "An Innocent Man." Featuring: "Uptown Girl," "The Longes...
9: The Nylennon Curtain
Meg is unimpressed as Billy Joel attempts to prove that he's a Serious Adult with his 1982 opus, "The Nylon Curtain," and he just ends up doing a bare...
8: Glass Egos
Ever wanted to hear a 30-year-old who looks like a 45-year-old try to rock out like a 15-year-old? Come listen with us to Billy Joel's 1980 ersatz new...
7: Prop Trumpet Street
Adam is unimpressed by the "I'm really more of a jazz guy" act on Billy Joel's (weirdly) critically-acclaimed 1978 album, "52nd Street." Features: "Bi...
6: The Sexy Sax Stranger
We swallow (some of) our snark as we listen to Billy Joel's indisputably great 1976 magnum opus, "The Stranger." It's poofy-haired '70s Joel at his pe...
5: Burnstiles
Behold the onset of Classic Period Joel with Billy Joel's 1976 album, "Turnstiles." Having come back to New York to single-handedly save it from destr...
4: Streetlife Retrograde
Take a gander at Billy Joel's major label sophomore slump, 1974's "Streetlife Serenade." Rushed into the studio before he had a chance to write much n...
3: Piano Boy
Meg valiantly defends the honor of Billy Joel's 1973 major label debut, "Piano Man," which features Joel's first hit single, "Piano Man," on a loop fo...
2: Cold Spring Creamery
We listen to Billy Joel's semi-disavowed 1971 debut solo album, "Cold Spring Harbor," which was marred by a mastering error that made him sound even...
1: Joelvenilia
Come on a whirlwind tour of Billy Joel's three proto-Joel albums: The Hassles' fun-loving self-titled 1967 debut and pretentious 1969 follow-up, "Hour...